Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature, Volume II,

Edited by Isadore Twersky

    The Attitude of Some Early Karaites Towards Islam
    Haggai Ben-Shammai

    A Rivalry of Bankers: Responsa Concerning Banking Rights in Pisa in 1547
    Bernard D. Cooperman

    The Ladder of Ascension--The Reverberations of a Medieval Motif in the Renaissance
    Moshe Idel

    The Language of "Sefer Hasidim," Its Linguistic Background and Methods of Research
    Simcha Kogut

    On Maimonides' Messianic Posture
    Joel L. Kramer

    Simone Luzzatto on Tacitus: Apologetica and Ragione Di Stato
    Abraham Melamed

    The Concept of Devekut in the Homiletical Ethical Writings of 16th Century Safed
    Mordechai Fachter

    The Anthropological Theory of Miracles in Medieval Jewish Philosophy
    Aviezer Ravitsky

    The Concept of Emunah in Post-Maimonidean Jewish Philosophy
    Shalom Rosenberg

    "Kings, Angels or Beggars": Tax Law and Spirituality in a Hispano-Jewish Responsum
    Bernard Septimus

    Prophecy in the Writings of R. Yehuda Romano
    Giusseppi Sermoneta

    On Maimonides' "Conversion" to Kabbaiah
    Michael E. Shmidman

    R. Abraham Saba's Abbreviated Messianic Commentary on Haggai and Zechariah
    Abraham Gross

    Two Letters of Abraham Ben Eliezer Halevi
    Ira Robinson

    Selected Passages from Yedaiah Bedersi's Commentary on the Midrashim
    Marc Saperstein

    Rabbi Jacob Emden's 'Iggeret Purim
    Jacob J. Schacter

    Narboni and Shem Toy on Martyrdom
    Bernard Septimus

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Isadore Twersky was Nathan Littauer Professor of Jewish History and Philosophy at Harvard University.